Ex-Kansas legislator who committed COVID relief fraud seeks to avoid prison sentence
A former Kansas lawmaker who was convicted of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief is trying to avoid spending any time in prison
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Senate panel OKs rail-safety bill; railroad vows to help homeowners affected by Ohio derailment
A Senate panel has approved a rail-safety measure in response to the train derailment earlier this year in East Palestine, Ohio
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ChatGPT user in China detained for creating and spreading fake news, police say
A ChatGPT user was recently detained by Chinese police for allegedly using the artificial intelligence chatbot to fake a news story reporting a nonexistent train crash
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Beyond Meat revenue falls in first quarter due to weak demand, but company confident in turnaround
Beyond Meat says its first-quarter revenue fell nearly 16% due to lower demand in most markets for its plant-based meat
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Disney posts higher second-quarter earnings and revenue thanks to strong theme parks business
Ongoing strength at its theme parks and an improving streaming business propelled The Walt Disney Co. to higher profits and revenue in its fiscal second quarter
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Fed's Barkin: Inflation still 'stubbornly high' and isn't easing fast enough toward 2% target
Inflation remains “stubbornly high” and is no longer making much progress toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, a top Fed official said Wednesday, hours after price data for April were released
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Disney board banned X-rated stores and liquor shops from property, overlooking prisons
Before allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis took over, Disney World’s governing district reached an agreement in February with the company to prohibit a long list of businesses from ever being operated on its property
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Google is giving its dominant search engine an artificial-intelligence makeover
Google has disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligence technology
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Ukraine's occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant faces possible staffing crunch
Ukraine’s atomic energy company is claiming that Russia plans to relocate around 3,100 Ukrainian staff from Europe’s largest nuclear plant
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FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill
Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription
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Can you afford to age in place?
Most older adults ages 50 to 80 say it’s important to stay in their homes for as long as they can, according to the 2022 National Poll on Healthy Aging from the University of Michigan
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Five figures on Covid-19 in the United States
Though daily life has long returned to near-normal for many in the United States, the official end of the Covid-19 health emergency Thursday night still marks a new...
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